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So I’ve been working on trying to kick out some video clips from a talent show the church I attend conducted a few weeks ago. Getting the files down to a reasonable file size (even for DVD, seemingly) is proving to be quite the learning experience. I came across the apparently very popular site for digital video editing http://www.dvdrhelp.com which has provided extensive information. I wanted to try more freely available tools since I wasn’t looking to do anything too complicated and decided to check out google(virtualdub). Outwardly it seems pretty cool, but it wouldn’t open the video files produced from google(Microsoft Movie Maker). Error messages suggested it was a codec problem, but further investigation revealed that MMM kicks out Type I AVI files which are not capable of being opened by VirtualDub because of the file type. Instead the files need to be AVIs of Type II, who the hell knew? Apparently the guy who created this application did. I sure didn’t. So I’m checking out tools that will convert from Type I to Type II.

Part of my problem is that the AVI files MMM captured intitially are HUGE!! Total, I’ve got 15GB for an hour of video, which is reasonable, I guess, considering the information I’ve read on the subject. But with everything else I have installed and a re-partitioned drive….I only have about 8 GB left. So I’m trying to be selective in what I try … but this is taking longer than I’d hoped. Anyhow I felt compelled to post the information I learned.

Found this crazy web site through google(boing boing) that had a link to paper foldable robots.